Honest question, not being a smartalec about it, but how many truly conservative candidates do you think we’ve had in the past 60 years?
I’m sure we can all agree on one, but beyond that? W was closely allied with Rove, who is public enemy #2 behind Romney around here to some, H.W certainly wasn’t a strict conservative, and I dont think you could say that Ford, Nixon or Ike were either. But yet most of us voted for which ever of them were running if we were of voting age, because the alternative was something like President McGovern, President Dukakis, or President Kerry.
Look, if voting for Romney would truly make you not able to sleep at night, then fine, dont vote for him. But you asked how you are all that different. To me, its different becuse you are ignoring history, that we have often had to vote for the least offensive to prevent calamity. How much further down the socialist road would we be now if McGovern or Kerry had gotten the national joystick? We’ve had 4 years of Obama and we have National healthcare within one or two judges’ votes of being law. One guy is saying he wouldn’t do this on a national level, the other guy is saying he will and HAS. The first guy may be a total liar. That is scary and a gamble. But the second guy is being truthful, and thats scarier.
QFT.
“Honest question, not being a smartalec about it, but how many truly conservative candidates do you think we’ve had in the past 60 years?
I’m sure we can all agree on one, but beyond that? W was closely allied with Rove, who is public enemy #2 behind Romney around here to some, H.W certainly wasn’t a strict conservative, and I dont think you could say that Ford, Nixon or Ike were either. But yet most of us voted for which ever of them were running if we were of voting age, because the alternative was something like President McGovern, President Dukakis, or President Kerry.
Look, if voting for Romney would truly make you not able to sleep at night, then fine, dont vote for him. But you asked how you are all that different. To me, its different becuse you are ignoring history, that we have often had to vote for the least offensive to prevent calamity. How much further down the socialist road would we be now if McGovern or Kerry had gotten the national joystick? We’ve had 4 years of Obama and we have National healthcare within one or two judges’ votes of being law. One guy is saying he wouldn’t do this on a national level, the other guy is saying he will and HAS. The first guy may be a total liar. That is scary and a gamble. But the second guy is being truthful, and thats scarier.”
You’re right that there hasn’t been a true conservative in this country for a long time. However, NONE of our former republican presidents had a record as liberal as Mitt’s.
You guys are ALL missing the point. I am not interested in voting out Obama. I am not interested in voting FOR Romney. I am interested in letting MY VOTE represent MY VIEWS. It’s as simple as that.
BTW, thanks for being respectful. It’s more than “Glock” or “Dad” can say.